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Re: Cyride question.

Originally Posted by ianoconnor

You can buy old CyRide buses when they "retire" them... that's my only guess

A few weeks ago I saw an old cyride bus in the driveway of a house about three blocks from me. I think it might have been the weekend of the Colorado game but now I can't remember for sure. I just figured they bought it for tailgating.

On this subject, I have a question. Since these buses just run around town, are they geared specially for that and would it be impractical to buy one to make football road trips?? Or, in other words, are they not built for going 70 mph??

Re: Cyride question.

First, the buses get sold all the time when they become too expensive to fix up or out of date with new buses coming in, so it is very plausible for it to be somewhere like Miami. I've seen those youtube videos before as well.

And all the buses are capable of reaching speeds of around 70 miles per hour, some of the buses are a bit of a tank, but we typically take buses down the Des Moines for the State Fair and when we take driving tests we get the buses up to 65 out on Highway 30.

I could tell you which buses would be the best for making the trip though, some of them just aren't very good at getting up to speed.

Re: Cyride question.

First off, does anything need to be done to make the buses legal for private use?? Like seat belts and stuff like that??

And secondly, I am amazed at how we get questions answered on this site, whether it's stadium construction or cyride buses or police work and everything in between. It just seems like we have someone on here in every field.

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Re: Cyride question.

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Re: Cyride question.

Originally Posted by wesley_w

First off, does anything need to be done to make the buses legal for private use?? Like seat belts and stuff like that??

CyRide will often take some of the seats out so they can have replacements for later, and things like the signs will be cleared or taken out. But usually when CyRide sells it it is good to go for private use. I don't think seat belts are required, since school buses don't have them and you're technically not using it for public transit type reasons.

I always thought it would be cool though to get one of the buses with electric signs when they decide to sell them and then program in cool phrases into them.

Re: Cyride question.

Originally Posted by wesley_w

A few weeks ago I saw an old cyride bus in the driveway of a house about three blocks from me. I think it might have been the weekend of the Colorado game but now I can't remember for sure. I just figured they bought it for tailgating.

On this subject, I have a question. Since these buses just run around town, are they geared specially for that and would it be impractical to buy one to make football road trips?? Or, in other words, are they not built for going 70 mph??

I see the busses all the time on I35. CyRide runs shuttles to and from the airport before and after breaks, so I know they go 70 mph.

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